Portrait-Swainson's Warbler

Good spring with these birds in the swamp and after I learned of the specific habitat then able to find them most mornings. Job was to get them out in the open and do what I wanted. Surprised of how bright they were with washes of yellow after looking at other photographs of them from others.

Chas. Mc Rae

amera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
Date/Time: 2008:05:13 20:41:32
Shutter speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: 5
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: On
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Focal length: 600mm
Image size: 800 x 566
Rotation: none
Color space: sRGB

Nice pose and setting. I love these soft, subtle colors.

Exposure looks good, and I like the dark BG. Did you work on the eye? It has that cookie-cutter look that Artie sometimes refers to. I also wish for a better perch as this one has an ugly tip (although good job of getting it in the open...) Lastly, the composition is a bit cramped, more room would help.

Nice, I agree with Daniel on composition.

Actually the cramped look is my fault ,since pic has plenty of room. Interesting about the limb tip since the original pic had a fresh white broken appearance and I tried to change the look. It was like a beacon drawing your eye to it.The eye was manipulated. The eye shine is original however there was a small rim of blue steel eye I worked on. Also the eye was selectively sharpened.